Sheldon Hill
Sheldon Hill rises to 189 m in New York. Hilltop stands 862 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Innisfree Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34832219, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 189 m
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 18 mi
- High Falls · 21 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 21 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Platt Hill: 1.3 mi
- Germond Hill: 1.9 mi
- Cannoo Hills: 2.5 mi
- Round Hill: 2.8 mi
- Sunset Hill: 3.6 mi
- Taconic Hereford Multiple Use Area: 1.6 mi
- Whortekill Rod & Gun Club: 7.7 mi
- Winnakee Nature Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Fern Tor: 10.0 mi
- West Mountain State Forest: 10.8 mi
- Godfrey Park: 2.5 mi
- Tribute Gardens: 3.1 mi
- Village Green: 3.1 mi
- Pleasant Valley Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
- Pleasant Valley Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
- World War Memorial Park: 9.1 mi
- Dudley Memorial Plaza: 9.3 mi
- William W Smith Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Fallen Fire Fighters Memorials: 9.7 mi
- Malcolm X Park: 9.9 mi
- Clinton House: 9.7 mi
- Franklin D Roosevelt Presedential Library and Museum: 9.8 mi
- Mid-Hudson Children's Museum: 10.6 mi
- Locust Grove Estate: 11.2 mi
- Klyne Esopus Museum: 13.5 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 0.4 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 9.3 mi
- Vassar College Community Gardens: 9.6 mi
- The Wild Garden: 9.8 mi
- The Teaching Garden: 9.9 mi
- Kaal Rock: 10.8 mi
- Bard Rock: 10.9 mi
- Indian Rock: 12.2 mi
- Grand Staircase: 13.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.3 mi
- LG waterfall: 11.4 mi
- Cascades: 13.1 mi
- Kent Falls: 17.1 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 19.2 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 19.5 mi
- East Cove Beach: 11.5 mi
- West Cove Beach: 11.5 mi
- North Landing Beach: 11.6 mi
- Private Beach: 12.1 mi
- Berean Park Beach: 12.4 mi
- wings castle: 6.8 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 8.1 mi
- Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 13.5 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 16.6 mi
- Huguenot Street Historic District: 17.7 mi
- Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 9.8 mi
- Mitchell Gate: 9.8 mi
- Winston Chruchill: 9.9 mi
- Franlin Delano Roosevelt: 9.9 mi
- Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 10.0 mi
- Dicktown: 19.4 mi
- Dudley Town: 20.5 mi
- Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District: 24.3 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 13.3 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 13.9 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Sheldon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | W 275° | 862 m | 11.8 mi |
| Preston Hill | ESE 105° | 442 m | 12.1 mi |
| North Preston Hill | ESE 101° | 441 m | 12.1 mi |
| Clove Mountain | SSE 151° | 426 m | 5.4 mi |
| Cobble Mountain | E 83° | 426 m | 12.6 mi |
| Chapel Pond Hill | ESE 102° | 426 m | 12.7 mi |
| Dennis Hill | SE 139° | 416 m | 9.2 mi |
| East Mountain | E 101° | 406 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millbrook 3 W, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 965017 — Sheldon Hill, Dutchess County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357589295
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 23 mi
- Cold Spring · 26 mi
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